Lunch-pail.



No. 691,662. Patented :am 2:, |962'.

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PETER QUARELLI, OF DANVILLE, ILLINOIS.

LUNCH-PAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,662, dated January 21, 1902.

'T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER QUARELLI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danville, in the county of Vermilion and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Lunch- Pail, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates generally to lunchpails, and more particularly to the improved manner of securing the top thereto, the object being to provide a simple and efficient means for securely fastening the top and at the same time rendering the same perfectly tight, excluding both air andmoisture.

With this object in view the invention consists in the peculiar construction of the various parts and in their novel combination or arrangement, all of which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings forming part of this speciiication, Figure l is a perspective View of a lunch-pail constructed in accordance with my invention, a portion of the top being broken away to disclose the corrugations upon the top of the pail and also the packing-ring. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of a lunchpail complete; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken through one side of the pail, cover, and receptacle.

In carrying out my invention I employ a pail A, having the beaded upper edge A', and adjacent to the said beaded edge is an outwardly-extending bead or corrugation A2, and directly below this bead or corrugation is another bead or corrugation A3, this last bead or corrugation being larger and projecting farther outwardly than the corrugation A2 or the beaded edge A.

Areceptacle B is intended to fit into the top of the pail A, said receptacle having the beaded ,upper edge B' and a corrugation B2 adjacent to its upper end, which corrugation B2 rests upon the beaded edge A of the pail, and thereby supports the receptacle B within the top of the pail. The top G has a pivoted bail or handle C connected thereto, and the depending flange of the top has a beaded edge C2. The annular depending flange of the top Application filed .T uly 6, 1901. .Serial No. 67,327. (No model.)

circular in cross-section, the fiat face bearing against the outer surface of the pail between the corrugations A2 and A3, while the curved side is adapted to contact with the inner surface of the depending flange of the cover. In this man ner a perfectly tight joint is obtained and air and moisture excluded from the pail. It will also be noted that the depending flange of the cover presses the beaded edge A' firmly beneath the corrugation B2, thereby insuring the proper support for the receptacle B.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a pail having a beaded upper edge, circumferential beads or corrugations adjacent to the said upper edge, the lower bead or corrugation being larger and projecting farther outwardly than the upper bead or corrugation, ofthe receptacle adapted to fit into the body of the pail and having a beaded upper edge, and a circumferential bead or corrugation adjacent to the said upper edge, said bead or corrugation being adapted to rest upon the beaded edge of the pail, a top having a depending flange adapted to fit over the receptacle, said flange being of such depth that its lower edge will extend beyond the lower corrugation upon the pail, and a packing-rin g essentially semicircular in cross-section, said packing-ring being arranged between the corrugations upon the exterior of the pail, its curved surface outwardly, the depending flange of the collar being adapted to contact with said packing-ring, substantially as set ferth.

PETER QUARELLI. 

